Teardrops on My Guitar [Ziall] ~On Hold~

Chapter 19

[Zayn's POV]

I woke up to the sound of the television blaring from below. My room was directly above the living room, and I would always get the second-hand effects of the activities that went on downstairs. This time though, instead of Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed or morning cartoons playing, it was the news. The all-too familiar, cheesy anchor music was playing obnoxiously loud. And I was not happy.

I slept terribly last night, dreaming of blond hair and blue eyes and Irish accents. I was also in a terrible mood before I fell asleep. Something about a gut-feeling telling me that a storm's a-brewing. I can just feel it. Something bad's gonna happen.

I stormed downstairs after a quick splash of water to my face and rinsing my mouth off morning breath.

“ – in other news, teen pop sensation, Justin Bieber, announced his flight to London on Twitter a few hours ago, saying that he wants to spend a couple of days chilling with British-Irish boyband member, Niall Horan while on his hiatus from his career.”

“Mornin' Zaynie!” Louis said cheerily. He was seated at the couch with a mug of, what was that, hot chocolate?

I grunted in acknowledgement of his presence before turning to the kitchen to get myself some coffee. Coffee is good. Coffee is always good in the morning.

“Rough night?” Louis shouted.

I didn't reply.

“Liam's on a call with management. We got in a little trouble last night, in case you were wondering why we came back so late.”

The thing about Louis is he doesn't care if you listen to him speak or not, he just has to get his words out or it'll be the end of the world. I like that about him. He's so confident of himself that even if the person he's speaking to doesn't reply, he's sure that they're listening.

“Members of the British-Irish boyband, One Direction, were spotted being intimate by the River Thames. Hearts of fans would be broken to find out that two members of the band might be secretly dating. Images have been uploaded onto our website. For more information please visit www.news.co.uk .”

Taking a gulp of my coffee, I proceeded to take a seat next to Louis on the couch.

“So, Lou. Spotted being intimate? Or was that Harry they were talking about?”

“We were just holding hands. I swear to God,” Louis groaned, seemingly exhausted of justifying himself before others on this matter.

I chuckled. Of course. The two of them couldn't keep their hands off each other. They were sure to be caught sooner or later.

Moments later, Liam walked into the living room looking like he hadn't slept in days.

“What are you doing up so early, Malik?”

“Good morning to you too, Payne.”

“No seriously, who are you and what have to done to my bandmate?”

“Ask your boyfriend over here. He was the one that was blasting the TV like it's 3012 tonight.”

“So you heard, huh?” Liam sunk into the couch on the other side of Louis, and he wrapped his arms around Louis' waist, resting his head on his shoulder.

“What did I hear about? Bieber coming or your PDA at the Thames?”

“Both I guess. Management's in a frenzy for both. Saying something about us having to, quote on quote, 'keep the gay down'. I mean, Lou and I, I understand. But Justin Bieber? What does that have anything to do with anything?”

“Niall's a fanboy?” I offered. It did make sense. Everybody who knew anything about One Direction knows that Niall's a massive fanboy of the Canadian pop star.

“That would probably explain it. I've got a meeting with Simon this afternoon. I'm trying to get him to tell management to back off. No where in our contract did it say we couldn't behave according to our sexual preferences. They're taking it too far this time.”

“Li, I love you,” Louis whispered, peppering soft kisses along Liam's jawline. “I'm sorry 'bout last night...”

“It's not your fault, love. I wanted to hold your hand too.”

“Li, go rest, you look exhausted.”

I could almost gag at how 'intimate' they were being. They couldn't keep their hands off each other. Admittedly, it's really cute and you just wanna take lots of videos and upload them on the internet to show the world how cute and lovable they are, but it's also the kind of cute that makes you wanna throw up all the time.

“Guys, take this to the bedroom please. It's too early for this,” I groaned when their hands started roaming as they had taken to snogging each other's faces off. Now that part, I have to say, is not cute.

“I think Zaynie's just jealous he's a single pringle all over again,” Louis smirked, unwinding himself from Liam's grasp, reaching for his empty mug that had been long forgotten on the coffee table.

Loud crashes were heard from the stairs, and we all turned to see a flustered Niall bumbling down as he pulled his socks on.

“I'm going to be late!!” he exclaimed to himself, glancing at his phone screen every five seconds as he bustled around the kitchen, fixing himself breakfast. It was amusing to watch, really. He looked really cute; all worked up and swearing every time he bumped against the counter and spilt something. It kinda reminded me of the White Rabbit in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. His pale complexion fit the bill too, and the way he kept checking the time on his phone. Totally spot on.

“What's the hurry, Nialler?” I shouted out to him from my spot on the couch.

“I'm going to meet Justin Bieber!” he squeaked just as he spilt some coffee on the floor, missing his clothes by a hair's breadth. “Thank fuck that didn't get on my shirt.”

“How're you getting there?” Louis asked as he urged Liam up the stairs.

“Dan. He's coming to pick me up in – ” a loud honk outside cut him off “ – now. Can't chat now. Gotta run! Bye! See you guys later! Please keep this place clean? We're having guests!”

And with that, he bounded out of the door, leaving it wide open.

A soft ache had started to burn into my heart as I watched him leave in the blue mini. Why did it feel as though I was inevitably letting something precious go?

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[A/N] Hey lovelies. Sorry for the wait! Here's chapter 19 for you guys. Hope you enjoyed. Sorry it's short! I'm kinda rushing through this and it's like past my bedtime. (Yes I'm 15 and still have a bedtime that I try to follow.)

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